Caramelized pumpkin slices with sugar baked in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake pumpkin slices with sugar in the oven? To cook a delicious caramelized pumpkin in the oven, it is important to choose the most fragrant and juicy pumpkin. The greater the thickness of the pulp layer, the tastier the dish will turn out. Nutmeg varieties of pumpkin are well suited for this dish - there are few seeds and a thick layer of pulp in it. If you have a whole pumpkin, cut off a segment of the desired weight from it.

2. Step 2:

   

   Combine sugar with vanilla and mix. If you do not have vanillin, replace it with 1 tsp vanilla sugar, or you can replace all the sugar with vanilla. It will not affect the taste of pumpkin. But vanillin is more than at the tip of a knife, you should not pour it — in large quantities it gives a strong bitterness. You can ruin the dish.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the pumpkin from the seeds. Cut the prepared slice into large pieces directly with the peel. The peel will protect the vegetable from burning and sticking to the mold.

5. Step 4:

   

   Put the pumpkin skin down in a heat-resistant baking dish. Pour about 1 cm of clean drinking water on the bottom of the mold. This is necessary so that the pumpkin does not stick to the bottom during baking and does not dry out. However, my pumpkin also let out some juice during baking, so it wouldn't stick anyway. But water helps to steam the vegetable and soften it faster. If you do not want to pour water into a pumpkin mold, put a baking tray with water on the bottom of the oven.

6. Step 5:

   

   Evenly sprinkle the pumpkin pieces with sugar and vanilla. Put the mold in preheated to 240 °With the oven. If your oven has a grill mode, turn it on. Bake the pumpkin until the sugar dissolves and the pumpkin softens. It may take from 25 to 40 minutes, depending on the variety of pumpkin and the thickness of the pieces. In places, brown scorch marks may appear on the strongly protruding parts on the surface of the pumpkin. If you want them not to be, cover the mold with foil.

7. Step 6:

   

   Remove the finished pumpkin from the oven, transfer to a plate and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. If desired, you can sprinkle the dessert with pomegranate seeds or fresh berries and decorate with mint. Bon appetit!